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THE HANGOVER (15)Read

King Eric's dream job

SIR Alex Ferguson could have saved himself a tidy sum of money if only he had known that his high-scoring, collar-flipping French signing Eric Cantona was willing to play the game for free.Read

Mum’s the word for Emma

EMMA Thompson has a ‘couldn’t care less’ attitude that makes her irresistible – and her next move will see her bowing out of the limelight for a year.Read

Kumar unites film worlds

ONE OF India’s top actors, Akshay Kumar, continues to be in a league of his own, bridging the gap between Indian cinema and Hollywood.Read

Anything For Her (15) ****

IMAGINE the TV series Prison Break, but set in France, and not quite so far-fetched.Read

Terminator Salvation (12A) ***

AFTER more than a decade away, there are just 196 days to go before legendary director James Cameron returns to cinemas with his eagerly-awaited pre-Christmas release, Avatar.Read

Last Chance Harvey (12A) ****

THE LAST time I met Dustin Hoffman – six years ago, for the release of what turned out to be the little seen Midnight Mile – it reminded me just what a big star he really is.Read

Fireflies In The Garden (15)

LAUNCHED at the Berlin Film Festival more than a year ago, this is one of those ‘good’ films that’s been kept on the shelf... despite the presence of Julia Roberts.Read

Jonas Brothers – The Concert Experience 3D (U)

CHANCES are that unless you are aged under 16 or have children below that age you won’t have a clue who the Jonas Brothers are.Read

12 Rounds (12A)

IF YOU like your action thrillers to be dumb-butfun, then look no further than this nonsensical vehicle for wrestling star John Cena.Read

Drag Me To Hell (15)

SPIDER-MAN trilogy director Sam Raimi goes back to his horror roots with an eagerly-anticipated thriller which fails to live up to the ‘Scariest movie of the decade’ expectations placed upon it.Read

Tormented (15)

THIS teen horror movie received its national premiere in Birmingham last night, with the cast walking down the red carpet at Cineworld in Broad Street.Read

Night At The Museum 2: The IMAX Experience (PG)

TWO WEEKS after Star Trek exploded on to the Midlands’ biggest screen, Ben Stiller and friends are also heading that way in a cracking sequel to their 2006 box office smash, Night At The Museum.Read

Awaydays (18)

MULTIPLEXES were meant to broaden the choice of films available.Read

What Would Jesus Buy?

REMEMBER Morgan Spurlock who gave us Super Size Me and then introduced Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden? at Cineworld on Broad Street a year ago?Read

Synecdoche, New York

IF YOU want to get an all-star cast in your film and then make sure that hardly anybody sees it, why not come up with a name like Synecdoche, New York?Read

Star Trek: The Imax Experience (12A)

JUST to update you on our extensive coverage of the new Star Trek movie in last Friday’s Birmingham Mail, here’s how the film has performed at IMAX since.Read

Fighting (15)

IT’S funny how a simple granny cameo can have a more lasting impact than a movie full of bone-crunching fight sequences.Read

Angels and Demons (12A)

HE WAS once odds-on to become the first star to win three best actor Oscar awards after collecting back to back prizes with Philadelphia and Forrest Gump in 1994/95.Read